CMD

Handy CMD commands

Check network settings

• ipconfig

Check DNS and resolve ip to host

• nslookup

View uptime and network adapter stats

• net stats server (for server)
• net stats workstation (for regular PC)

View network resources

• net view

List Tasks:

• tasklist

Stop process

• taskkill /im "name of program"
• taskkill /f /in "name" - to force close
• taskkill /pid "id number off process"
• taskkill /s "other computer name" /im "name of program"
• taskkill /f /fi "status eq not responding" - kill all not responding processes using filter "/fi" and force "/f"

Log people off servers

• qwinsta /server:Servername
• logoff /server:Servername id

Open control panel items

• control /name microsoft.<controlpanelitem>
• eg "control /name microsoft.credentialmanager"

Change prompt text

• prompt

Perform IP scan:

• for /l %i in (1,1,254) do @ping 10.170.1.%i -n 1 -w 100 | find "Reply"

Change CMD launch settings

Change Autorun reg key: Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Command Processor